Energy Audits, Whether DIY or Professional, Provide Answers to Inefficiency
Energy audits: DIY or professional?
An energy audit is the process of analyzing and measuring where energy is being wasted in a home. For DIY energy auditors, simple tools like an incense stick, caulk and weatherstripping can be used to reveal and seal air leaks. Here’s the step-by-step DIY method:- Close all windows and doors.
- Light an incense stick and hold it up to window and door seams, electrical outlets, the garage access door and the attic hatch or door.
- Any place where the smoke wavers is the location of an air leak.
- Use weatherstripping around doors, including the attic hatch or door.
- Use silicon caulk to seal cracks around windows.
- Install gaskets behind outlet plates.
- A blower door test depressurizes your home, revealing air leaks as outside air is pulled inside. A calibrated test indicates the rate of leakage over a specified time.
- A thermal scan using infrared video reveals hot and cold spots around the exterior of your home, indicating areas that are lacking in insulation.
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